FASHION Magazine
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Model Parent: 12 genetic lottery winners who are turning their good looks into real careers
Photography by Don Arnold/WireImage While coming of age for most kids involves obsessing over Ryan Gosling’s abs or donning an ill-fitting mermaid dress to semi-formal, celebrity kids can burn mileage on what we’re calling “family flame fame.” Celebrity kids are genetic lottery winners: hardwired to be talented, ridiculously good looking and sometimes both. Walking a Marc Jacobs runway show before the age of 18? A very real possibility.
At the sprightly young age of 10, Victoria and David Beckham’s son Romeo has gotten a head start on his career by starring in Burberry’s Spring 2013 advertising. Meanwhile, Cindy Crawford’s eleven-year-old daughter Kaia has fronted Versace’s children’s range.
Celebrity kids are certainly modeling earlier these days and while they may not all live up to the stature of their parents, they’ve certainly got enough moxy to gain It girl status. Here are our top 12 favourite model children.
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Fashion news: Jil Sander to launch a lower-priced line, babies for Georgina Chapman and Pearl Lowe and is Anna Wintour a closet Green Day fan?
Jil Sander designer Raf Simons. Photography by Peter Stigter Jil Sander–the label–is creating a lower-priced line, Jil Sander Navy. It’s set to hit stores in January 2011 and there will be prints. [WWD]
Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman and husband Harvey Weinstein revealed that she is five months pregnant. We cannot wait to see the baby clothes that come out of this. [The Cut]
And the baby boom doesn’t end there: Designer, and mom of Daisy, Pearl Lowe has announced that she is pregnant with her fifth child. [Vogue UK]
Spotted: Anna Wintour sitting front row at the Green Day musical, American Idiot. We never would have called that one. [Daily Front Row]